gist(1) -- upload code to https://gist.github.com

Inspired by https://github.com/defunkt/gist

Synopsis

This golang package provides a gist command that you can use from your terminal to upload content to https://gist.github.com/.

Installation

Go to Releases to view available releases. Download Archive for your OS and architecture and uncompress to your PATH.

Command

‌To upload the contents of a.go just:

gist a.go

‌Upload multiple files:

gist a.go b.go c.go
gist *.go

‌Use -p to make the gist private:

gist -p a.go

‌Use -d to add a description:

gist -d "description" a.go

To read a gist and print it to STDOUT

gist -r GIST_ID
gist -r 374130

You can also use -o to specify a output file.

‌See gist --help for more options.

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